Michelle Groenke

Vernon Hills officials are encouraging residents to attend the next Community Planning Workshop to offer opinions on a plan for development along the U.S. Highway 45 and Illinois Highway 21...

The Vernon Hills Village Board is supporting Lincolnshire's efforts to work with the Illinois Department of Transportation on a plan to widen Illinois Highway 22 to four lanes. Trustees voted...

Volunteers from Abbott Laboratories helped make way for the ducks at Busy Bee Children's Center in Waukegan. Louise Herberger's kindergarten duck project was adopted by 15 biochemists from Abbott's Advanced...

Federal funding is being sought to create a new bus route between two shopping malls, Hawthorn Center in Vernon Hills and Golf Mill in Niles, a Pace spokesman said Wednesday....

The Mundelein Police Department has won a 2000 International Chiefs of Police/ITT Community Policing Award. The organization honored the department for its non-traditional approach to community problems. The department won...

Worried about reports of violence between parents and coaches in some places, two Lake Forest-area residents are proposing a program they believe will decrease the possibility of aggressive behavior in...

The Waukegan Park District will celebrate the restoration of the Washington Park Band Shell at a rededication ceremony Friday morning. Enhancements to the area include a new walkway, a brick...

Old McHenry Road will be closed to through traffic from Quentin Road to Midlothian Road at 7 a.m. Friday for one day so the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad crossing...

Ground will be broken Tuesday for the $22 million University Center of Lake County, where students will be able to complete degree programs from public and private universities and colleges....

Repairs to the steel beams beneath the bleachers at Mundelein High School's athletic stadium should be completed just in time for homecoming weekend, school officials said Wednesday. Access to the...